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a closed mouth gathers no feet »    One who does not speak can be certain he won't say anything embarrassing.

a day late and a dollar short »    Action that was taken too late and too feeble to be of any use.

a golden key can open any door »    Sufficient money can accomplish anything.

a rolling stone gathers no moss »    A person who never settles in one place will never be successful.A person who does not keep active will grow mouldy.

a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down »    An otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.1999, Eli Yassif, The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253335833, page 372,One is known as the "sweetening parable," that is to say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Thus, when the aim is to preach to the people, to guide them along the "bitter," arduous path of upholding burdensome precepts and prohibitions, a tale can lighten the load, make the "medicine" easier "to swallow."2001, Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir, Little, Brown, ISBN 0316736368, page 319,It put some fun into the tedious business of preparing for a presidential debate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right?2004, John Hoover, How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive... Without Killing Your Boss, Career Press, ISBN 1564147045, page 11,If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.

air out »    To expose to air; to leave open or spread out, as to allow odor or moisture to dissipate.

albatross »    A double eagle, or three under par on any one hole.

all over »    Done; finished; complete.

all talk and no action »    Speaking, promising, or boasting much, but doing little

all's well that ends well »    Problems do not matter if things turn out well in the end.

all-a-mort »    Sad; at death's door.

almighty dollar »    The dollar, satirically characterized as a being a god.

almost doesn't count »    Near success (or correctness) is not deemed success (or correctness).

an apple a day keeps the doctor away »    Apples are healthy and stave off illness.Eat healthy and you won't get sick.

angle for farthings »    To beg out of a prison window with a cap, or box, let down at the end of a long string.

another nail in one's coffin »    One in a series of factors which lead, or purport to lead, to downfall.

Apa Sâmbetei »    "for nothing", "to no result", or that what you have done was destroyed or is rendered useless after you finish it.

apple does not fall far from the stem »    Alternative form of apple does not fall far from the tree.

apple does not fall far from the tree »    A child grows up to be very similar to its parents, both in behavior and in physical characteristics.1842, E. A. Freidlaender (translator), Frederika Bremer (author), The Neighbours, ch. 10:It is impossible to look at Madam Rhen, without at once making the conclusion that she is pleasantness, hospitality, and loquacity itself; nor can one look upon her daughter Renetta without thinking, "the apple does not fall far from the tree!"1978, Dr. Isador Rosenfeld, "Doctor Asks Patient

apple does not fall far from the trunk »    Alternative form of apple does not fall far from the tree.

apple never falls far from the tree »    Alternative form of apple does not fall far from the tree.

arse over tit »    Tumbling; falling; upside-down; unstable or unbalanced.

arsy varsey »    Tumbling upside down; head over heels.

as a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool repeats his folly »    Foolish people repeatedly do foolish things.

ass over teakettle »    Tumbling upside down.

at a stand »    In a state of confusion or uncertainty; undecided what to do next.

at death's door »    About to die; in a life-threatening state of health.

at heart »    In spirit; according to one's beliefs, views or feelings; deep down, really, fundamentally.

at work »    Working, in the process of doing work.

back down »    To take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously has or has planned to.

back gammon player »    A sodomite.

back out »    To withdraw from something one has promised to do.

back up »    To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so.

back up »    For the non-striker to take a few steps down the pitch, in preparation to taking a run, just as the bowler bowls the ball.

baggage »    In a metaphorical sense, factors that restrict a person's freedom, often in an intellectual or psychological way: emotional baggage.

bail out on »    To abandon, or stop supporting someone or something.

baker's dozen »    Cousin.

baker's dozen »    Thirteen, a group of thirteen.

bakers dozen »    Thirteen.

bang about »    To make a lot of percussive noise while doing an activity.

bang around »    To make a lot of percussive noise while doing an activity.

bang out »    To do something quickly, in a slipshod, or unprofessional manner.

bang up »    He’s doing a bang up good job..

bang up job »    Something done very well; something performed above average or better than expected.

barking dogs never bite »    Alternative form of barking dogs seldom bite.

barking dogs seldom bite »    People who make big threats never usually carry them out.

batten down »    To close or make watertight, referring to hatches and cargo.

batten down the hatches »    Prepare for trouble.

be my guest »    Do as you wish; go ahead; help yourself; go for it!.

be still my heart »    Calm down, this situation is too exciting or overly distressing.

bear down »    To approach another vessel from windward.

bear down »    To press down on someone.

bear down »    To intensify one's efforts.

bear down »    When giving birth, to push.

bear down on »    To approach someone in a very determined way.

beat down »    To strike with great force.

beat down »    To haggle someone to sell at a lower price.

beat down »    To severely beat someone up.

beat somebody to the punch »    To do something before somebody else is able to.

beat up »    To get something done, derived from the idea of beating for game.

beats me »    I don't know; I have no idea.

bed down »    To lie down to sleep for the night, usually of livestock or machinery.

bed down »    To put an animal to rest for the night.

been there, done that »    An assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic and is now bored.

been there, done that, bought the T-shirt »    Expresses the speaker's complete familiarity with a situation, with overtones of cynicism or exhaustion.

been there, done that, got the T-shirt »    Same as been there, done that, bought the T-shirt.

behind closed doors »    Public disclosure.

behind the counter »    Of drugs, dispensed by a pharmacist without needing a doctor's prescription or other form of compliance.

bet dollars to donuts »    To suggest that something is very likely to be true or that one has a strong hunch about something.

bet the farm »    To be absolutely certain, to have no doubts.

better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness »    In the face of bad times or hopelessness, it is more worthwhile to do some good, however small, in response than to complain about the situation.

big picture »    The main film in a double feature.

bite off more than one can chew »    To try to do too much; to take on or attempt more than one is capable of doing.

bits and bobs »    A random assortment of things; small remaining pieces and things.

black magic »    Magic derived from evil forces, as distinct from good or benign forces; or magic performed with the intention of doing harm.

blaze a trail »    To set precedent or do something novel; to break new ground.

blind »    A covering for a window to keep out light. The covering may be made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.

blow over »    To pass naturally; to go away; to settle or calm down.

board up »    To block doors or windows with boards, either to prevent access or as protection from storms, etc.

bogged down »    Stuck, as if in a bog.

bogged down »    Stuck; mired, as in detail, difficulty; delayed or made slower.

boil down »    As an allusion to the cooking technique of reducing liquids by heat, one boils down a problem, argument, etc. to its most central elements.

boil down to »    to be equivalent to; to reduce to.

boot camp »    Indoctrination, physical fitness training and basic instruction in service-related subjects for recruits in the Navy and Marine Corps.

born in a barn »    Engaging in the annoying behavior of inappropriately, and usually neglectfully, leaving open a door or window.

boss about »    To act in a bossy manner with another person, ordering them to do things, whether or not one is actually their superior.

boss around »    To act in a bossy manner with another person, ordering them to do things, whether or not one is actually their superior.

boys and their toys »    Used to evoke the idea that adult men sometimes dote excessively on machines, automobiles, and gadgets in a childish manner.

brain fart »    Something ill-considered and said or done impulsively.

brain surgeon »    Someone who does brain surgery.

break down »    To fail.

break down »    To become unstable, mentally or otherwise.

break down »    To decay.

break down »    To give more detail.

break one's duck »    To do something for the first time.

break the buck »    Fall below the value of one dollar per share.[1].

breathe down someone's neck »    To follow someone too closely, making it uncomfortable for them.

bring down »    To make a legitimate rulership lose their position of power.

bring down »    To reduce.

bring down »    To make something flying fall to the ground. Usually by firing a weapon of some kind.

bring down »    To make someone feel bad emotionally.

bring down the house »    To garner enthusiastic or wild applause.

bring in »    To move something indoors.

bring off »    To succeed in doing something considered to be very difficult.

bucket down »    To rain heavily.

buckle down »    To put forth the needed effort; to focus; become serious; apply oneself.

bug out »    To abandon someone without warning.

burn down »    To burn to nothing.

burn down »    To completely burn, so that nothing remains.

busman's holiday »    A holiday or vacation during which you do the same thing that you do for your usual work.

button-down »    Conservative; conventional; unimaginative.

button-down »    Of a collar, able to be buttoned down to the shirt, as over a necktie.

button-down »    Serious; staid; businesslike.

buttoned-down »    Alternative form of button-down.

by the numbers »    To do something exactly, precisely, or in a formulaic way.

by-the-numbers »    Done in a predictable manner; formulaic.

call it a night »    To cease what one has been doing for the night.

call off the dogs »    During a one-sided sports contest, to remove the first-string unit of a team from the game after dominating the opponent.

call off the dogs »    To ease up on after inflicting great punishment.

calling card »    Excrement, especially of a domestic animal.

camel through the eye of a needle »    Hyperbole to illustrate that something is almost impossible to do or to happen.

can it »    To silence; to quit doing something; to put an end to something.

cap it all off »    To surpass or outdo something.

carry coals to Newcastle »    To do something that is unneeded or redundant.

carry someone's water »    To do someone's bidding; to serve someone's interests.

carry the message to Garcia »    To perform a requisite task without having been informed specifically by what method to do so.

cast away »    To abandon or maroon.

cat and dog life »    Unhappy married life.

caught in the act »    To be found doing something that you weren't supposed to be doing, while you're doing it.

caught with one's pants down »    Caught off guard, unprepared, or in an embarrassing situation.

chalkface »    A cliff or quarry exposing chalk, e.g. the White Cliffs of Dover.

change horses in midstream »    To change plans or approaches at an inopportune time, such as when an effort is already underway, generally considered an inadvisable thing to do.

charity mugger »    A person employed by a charity, or by an intermediary fundraising agency employed by the charity, who stands in the street and invites passersby to set up standing orders or direct debits to make regular donations to the charity.

chase down »    To pursue and apprehend someone.

chase down »    To investigate the cause of something.

che sera sera »    Used to express a personal philosophy of fatalism1604, Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus:Why then belike we must sin, / And so consequently die. / Aye, we must die an everlasting death. / What doctrine call you this ? Che, sera, sera: / What will be*, shall be; Divinity adieu. / These Metaphysics of Magicians, / And necromantic books, are heavenly.

cheaper by the dozen »    Things are handled more efficiently as a group, rather than individually.

cheaters never prosper »    One does not gain from cheating.

cheese down »    To coil the tail of a rope on deck so as to present a neat appearance.

chip on one's shoulder »    A form of challenge in the same spirit as a medieval knight throwing down his gauntlet.

chow down »    To eat, especially to eat vigorously.

chuck it down »    To rain heavily.

clamp down on »    To take measures to stop something; to put an end to.

clogs to clogs in three generations »    (UK) Wealth earned in one generation seldom lasts through the third (grandchild

close down »    To stop trading as a business.

close down »    To surround someone, as to impede their movement.

close the stable door after the horse has bolted »    To attempt to prevent a problem only to find it has already happened.

close up shop »    To shut down a shop; to end a business activity.

clothes don't make the man »    An aphorism meaning that you cannot judge a person solely by his appearance. Usually pertains to men.

come down »    To descend.

come down »    To recover from drug-induced euphoria.

come down to »    To reach by moving down or reducing.

come down to »    To depend upon, basically, ultimately or in essence.

come down to us »    To survive to the present day; to be extant in some form.

come down with »    To contract or get; to show symptoms of a minor illness.

come through »    Not to let somebody down, keep one's promise.

cook up »    To prepare a heroin dose by heating.

cooking with gas »    Now doing something in an effective way.

cool down »    To become cooler, to be reduced in temperature.

cool down »    To cause something temperature to lower.

cool down »    To become less agitated.

cool down »    To cause to become less agitated.

cool it »    Calm down, relax, take a time out.

cordon off »    To protect from intrusion by enclosing in a rope barrier.

correlation does not imply causation »    (statistics) The observed correlation between two parameters, say, the growth of a market and the growth of a neighbor's child may, in fact, have nothing to do with each other's causation.

could not get elected dogcatcher »    Is unpopular.

crab mentality »    A way of thinking best described by the phrase "if I can't have it, neither can you." The metaphor refers to a pot of crabs in which one tries to escape over the side, but is relentlessly pulled down by the others in the pot.

crack down »    To enforce more stringently or more thoroughly.

crack down on »    To enforce laws or punish more vigilantly.

crack up »    To become insane; to suffer a mental breakdown.

crap out »    To break down.

cross the line »    To overstep a boundary, rule, or limit; to go too far or do something unacceptable.

crunch numbers »    To figure; to do the math.

cry for help »    In her second year at the school Alexis stopped doing her homework and would often scribble on walls. Her teachers wondered whether this was a cry for help, or if she was simply misbehaving.

curveball »    A forespin pitch thrown by rotating the index and middle fingers down and resulting in motion down "curve".

cut corners »    To do a less than thorough or complete job; to do something poorly or take short cuts.

cut down »    To bring down by cutting.

cut down »    To insult, to belittle.

cut down »    To reduce the amount of something.

damn the torpedoes »    Used to dismiss the risks of a dangerous action.

damned if one does and damned if one doesn't »    A dilemma where either choice results in a negative outcome.

damp squib »    Anything that doesn’t work properly, or fails to come up to expectations..

darken somebody's doorstep »    To enter somebody else's home uninvited.

dead as a dodo »    That has become out of date.

dead as a dodo »    Undoubtedly and unquestionably dead.

dead as a doorknob »    Entirely, unquestionably or certainly dead.

dead as a doornail »    Unquestionably dead. Used for both inanimate objects and once living beings.

dead duck »    A project that is doomed to failure from the start.

dead in the water »    Nearly dead, doomed.

dead weight »    That which is useless or excess; that which slows something down.

dead weight »    Weight that does not move.

deadbeat dad »    A man, especially one who is divorced or estranged from his partner, who fails to provide monetary child support when he is legally required to do so.

deaf as a doorpost »    Stone deaf.

deep down »    Fundamentally; in essence; in reality; really.

deliver the message to Garcia »    ...grasp the demands and exactions of business life. He learns that the main thing to do is to "deliver the message to Garcia"....

deliver the message to Garcia »    Programmers are consistently dehumanized because so many do indeed deliver the message to Garcia only to be at best ignored.

deliver the message to Garcia »    What we need is people who get the job done, no matter how. We don't want pickers who'll only learn if we use their preferred learning method. Have you read "A Message to Garcia" ? That's what we need today - young people who can deliver the message to Garcia.

die down »    To become less virulent.

dime a dozen »    So common as to be practically worthless.

dirty word »    The name of a topic that a person does not like to hear or discuss.

divide and conquer »    A combination of political, military and economic strategies that aim to gain and maintain power by breaking up larger concentrations of power into chunks that individually have less power than the one implementing the strategy.(computing) Applied to various algorithms, such as quicksort, that solve a problem by splitting it recursively into smaller problems until all of the remaining problems are trivial.(as imperative, proverb) In order to rule securely, don't allow alliances of your enemies.

do a »    To emulate the behavior/behaviour that is generally attributed to the individual named.

do a bunk »    To escape or flee under incriminating circumstances.

do a number on »    To damage; to treat harshly; to produce ill effects.

do a slow burn »    To experience a gradually increasing feeling of anger or frustration.

do as I say and not as I do »    Don't imitate my behavior but obey my instructions.

do away with »    To destroy, eliminate, or make an end of.

do drugs »    To abuse an illegal drug or drugs, especially as a result of chemical addiction.

do for »    ruin

do in »    To kill or end.

do justice »    To really allow to be apprehended in its full scope.

do one »    To depart from a place, often with a sense of urgency.

do one's damnedest »    To do one's utmost; to make every effort or to try every possible approach or way.

do one's darnedest »    To do one's utmost; to make every effort or to try every possible approach or way.

do one's thing »    To do what one habitually does.

do out »    to redecorate; to adorn

do someone proud »    To cause someone to feel pride, admiration, or satisfaction.

do something with mirrors »    To insinuate one has performed a magic or optical trick with the use of hidden mirrors, insinuating trickery and sham.

do something with mirrors »    To jokingly pretend that one did something using magic mirrors, that one is a magician; a joking explanation of the fantastic or the unexplained.

Do the best and live the rest »    First do your work with your 100% dont think about the result

do the hard yards »    To perform a difficult task or tasks.

do the honors »    Act as a host to guests.

do the honors »    Perform a duty.

do the honours »    Act as a host to guests.

do the honours »    Perform a duty.

do the math »    You can do the calculation yourself, with the implication that you don't have to trust someone else's assertions.

do the nasty »    To engage in sexual intercourse.

do the trick »    To work; to be successful; to solve a problem.

do up »    To fasten a piece of clothing.

do up »    To redecorate a room etc.

do what%3F »    An intensified version of what or huh.

do without »    To manage despite the lack of something.

do-or-die »    Requiring a determined or desperate effort to avoid the consequences of failure.

dodge a bullet »    To have a narrow escape; to avoid injury or disaster.

does a bear shit in the woods »    Rhetorical question in response to a question where the answer is an emphatic yes.

does Macy's tell Gimbel's »    (US, dated, colloquial, rhetorical question) A rhetorical question with the implied answer being that competitors do not share business secrets with one another.

dog and pony show »    Any presentation or display that is overly contrived or intricate.

dog and pony show »    Originally, a small, traveling circus featuring animals as entertainment.

dog around »    To follow diligently.

dog it »    To underperform; to lag behind; to fail to exert effort.

dog my cats »    Used as a mild oath, or as an expression of astonishment.

dog's breakfast »    An unappealing mixture; a disorderly situation; a mess.

dog's life »    A life of indolence where the individual may do as he or she pleases, just like a pampered dog.

dog's life »    A miserable, unhappy existence.

dog-eat-dog »    Harsh and ruthless.

dogs »    Feet.

dogs »    Plural form of dog.

dogs »    With the, a greyhound racing event.

don't be penny wise and pound foolish »    Don't be careful when it comes to spending small amounts of money, but careless when spending much larger amounts.Don't focus on minutiae and lose sight of the big picture; don't obsess over tiny inconsequential efficiencies while glaring inefficiencies are going on elsewhere.

don't count your chickens before they're hatched »    You should not count on something before it happens.

don't cry over spilled milk »    Alternative spelling of don't cry over spilt milk.

don't cry over spilt milk »    It is no use worrying about unfortunate events which have already happened and which cannot be changed.

don't dip your pen in company ink »    Alternative form of you don't dip your pen in company ink.

don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly »    Driving (a vehicle) very fast is a dangerous act.

don't drop the soap »    (idiomatic) Used as a mockery to someone who is about to be or should be confined in prison.

don't get me started »    About the subject currently being discussed.

don't give up your day job »    Implying that they could not earn a living from it without other regular employment.

don't go there »    Don't start talking about that.

don't hold your breath »    "Don't wait." Said cynically to suggest that what has just been mentioned to is unlikely to happen soon or at all.

don't let the bedbugs bite »    Used to wish a person a good night's sleep.

don't look a gift horse in the mouth »    Do not unappreciatively question a gift or handout too closely.

don't look at me »    A response indicating that one is not willing or able to perform a task.

don't put all your eggs in one basket »    Don't dedicate all your resources into one thing.

don't shit where you eat »    (idiomatic, vulgar) One should not cause trouble in a place, group, or situation in which one regularly finds oneself.1998 April 14, Nelson Navarro, "Ever faithful, ever true," Manila Standard (Philippines) (retrieved 12 Aug. 2011):The guiding principle is Don't shit where you eat. Office romances are always destructive of morale and objectivity.2003 Oct. 8, Jonathan Valania, "Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Pussy," Philadelphia Weekly (retrieved 12 Aug. 2011):Limbaugh was scheduled to deliver the keynote speech at the NAB convention in, of all places, Philadelphia, thus violating the cardinal law of the animal kingdom: Don't shit where you eat.2006 Sept. 19, Michael Musto, "NY Mirror," Village Voice (retrieved 12 Aug. 2011):Mitchell refused to indulge in on-set romances with either gender. "You don't shit where you eat," he told me, plainly.

don't shoot the messenger »    The bearer of bad news should not be held accountable for the bad news.

don't take any wooden nickels »    Do not permit yourself be cheated or duped; do not be naive.

don't try to teach grandma how to suck eggs »    Don't presume to give advice to those who are more experienced.

done a bunk »    Simple past tense and past participle of do a bunk.

done deal »    An agreement that has been finally resolved or decided.

donkey jacket »    thick garment

donkey work »    Hard, boring, routine work.

donkey's ears »    A long time.

donkey's years »    A long time.

doorprikken »    To expose as false.

doorprikken »    To puncture.

dormitive principle »    Words.

doss down »    To sleep on someone's sofa or floor because there is no bed spare.

dot the i's and cross the t's »    To take care of every detail, even minor ones; To be meticulous or thorough.

double back »    To retrace one's steps; to go back where one has already gone.

double booked »    Of a single resource, reserved for two different users at the same time.

double cream »    dairy product

double Dutch »    A date where both man and woman pay for their portion of the bill.

double Dutch »    A game of jump rope with two ropes and frequently two jumpers.

double Dutch »    A language game akin to pig Latin.

double Dutch »    Incomprehensible language.

double Dutch »    Sex using a condom and the contraceptive pill at the same time.

double entendre »    A phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo..

double entendre »    Plural form of double entendre.

double talk »    Lying, especially in a formal political statement.

double talk »    Speaking in a mixture of real English and English-sounding gibberish, for humorous effect.

double up »    To double the quantity, amount or duration of something.

double up »    To have a secondary use.

double up »    After a fly ball has been caught.

double-edged sword »    A benefit that is also a liability, or that carries some significant but non-obvious cost or risk.

double-tongued »    Saying one thing to one person and something different to another; double talking; deceitful in speech.

down and out »    In trouble; in a bad time or situation or having very bad luck.

down for the count »    Decisively beaten; rendered irrelevant for the long term.

down in the dumps »    Sad; lacking engagement or enthusiasm.

down in the mouth »    Sad or discouraged, especially as indicated by one's facial appearance.

down on one's luck »    Unlucky or undergoing a period of bad luck, especially with respect to financial matters.

down pat »    Thoroughly practiced, rehearsed, or understood.

down the drain »    Wasted, squandered; irretrievable.

down the road, not across the street »    Along the radial artery rather than across the wrist from side to side.

down the tubes »    Into a state of collapse or failure.

down to a fine art »    Having or showing exceptional proficiency.

down to the short strokes »    In the final steps or decisive phase of an undertaking, especially one which has been lengthy or laborious.

down to the wire »    At the very end of a process or project, especially one with a fast-approaching deadline.

down under »    In Australia.

down with his apple-cart »    Knock or throw him down.

down-and-outer »    Someone who is down and out.

down-to-earth »    Practical; realistic; pragmatic.

doze off »    To fall asleep unintentionally.

drag »    To move a mouse cursor while holding down a button on the mouse, often to move something on the screen.

draw stumps »    To cease doing something, at least for the day.

dress down »    To scold.

dress down »    To wear casual or informal clothes.

dressing-down »    A reprimand or rarely, a thrashing.

drill down »    To examine information at another level or in greater detail; especially in a database, to navigate to a more detailed level or record.

dumb down »    To become simpler in expression or content; to become unacceptably simplistic.

dumb down »    To convey some subject matter in simple terms, avoiding technical or academic language, especially in a way that is considered condescending.

early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise »    platitude from Benjamin Franklin under the pseudonym Poor Richard.

easy does it »    Relax; do something gently, lightly or carefully; slow down; calm down.

eat crow »    To recognize that one has been shown to be mistaken or outdone, especially by admitting that one has made a humiliating error.

eat one's own dog food »    To test the beta programs that are in the test phase on one's own computers; to dogfood.

eat one's own dog food »    To use or consume the economic goods or services that oneself is producing; to be part of a closed household economy.

eat out of somebody's hand »    To behave in a docile, submissive way towards somebody.

egg on »    To encourage or coax a person to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.

elbow room »    Freedom or leeway.

end up »    To eventually do.

every dog has its day »    Everyone has a time of success and satisfaction.

f** knows »    I don't know; nobody knows; it is unclear.

f** this »    The phrase emphatically diminishes the activity or event referred to and expresses that the speaker will have no more to do with it.

fair and square »    Totally fairly and undoubtedly.

fair game »    A game that is fair, that does not involve cheating etc.

fall down »    To fall to the ground.

fall down »    To collapse.

fall on one's sword »    To resign from a job or other position of responsibility, especially when pressured to do so.

far be it »    A disclaimer stating that the person speaking will not do something.

feed a cold, starve a fever »    Eating more will cure the common cold, and eating less will cure a fever.1887, J. H. Whelan, "The Treatment of Colds.", The Practitioner, vol. 38, pg. 180:"Feed a cold, starve a fever." There is a deal of wisdom in the first part of this advice. A person with a catarrh should take an abundance of light nutritious food, and some light wine, but avoid spirits, and above all tobacco.1968, Katinka Loeser, The Archers at Home, publ. Atheneum, New York, pg. 60:I have a cold. 'Feed a cold, starve a fever.' You certainly know that.2009, Shelly Reuben, Tabula Rasa, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN 015101079X, pg. 60:They say feed a cold, starve a fever, but they don't tell you what to do when you got both, so I figured scrambled eggs, tea, and toast.

feel free »    Don't be ashamed, be my guest.

feel up to »    To be confident in being able to do something.

feel up to »    To have an inclination to do something.

fence in »    To restrict freedom.

field day »    A great time or a great deal to do, at somebody else's expense.

field day »    A great time or a great deal to do.

fight a losing battle »    To try to do something so difficult that it will probably end in failure.

fill somebody's shoes »    To do somebody's job; to perform or assume somebody's role.

filter down »    Of a liquid; to move slowly down to lower substrate levels.

filter down »    Of information, or resources; to move slowly down to lower levels of an organisation, or population.

finders keepers »    The doctrine that whoever finds something is allowed to keep it

fine words butter no parsnips »    Talking about doing something does not get it done.

first things first »    Deal with matters of highest priority first; deal with matters in logical sequence.1922, H. G. Wells, The Secret Places of the Heart, ch.4,"First things first," said Sir Richmond. If we set about getting fuel sanely, if we do it as the deliberate, co-operative act of the whole species, then it follows that we shall look very closely into the use that is being made of it.1999, Frank Pellegrini, "House Republicans Quell Mutiny Over Tax Bounty," Time, 23 Jul.,Judging by the polls

flag down »    Use a flag or some kind of signal to get the attention of someone.

flutter in the dovecote »    A disturbance, usually one caused within a prescribed group of people.

flutter in the dovecote »    I further argued that the principal cause for the political deadlock that persisted for thirty years after the guns fell silent was Israeli intransigence rather than Arab intransigence. The appearance of the first wave of revisionist studies excited a great deal of interest and controversy in the media and more than a flutter in the academic dovecote. — Israel Confronts Its Past.

fools rush in where angels fear to tread »    A person who does not plan ahead and think matters through becomes involved in risky or unfavorable situations which prudent people avoid.

footloose and fancy free »    Able to do as one pleases, unconstrained by social ties or responsibilities.

for the heck of it »    For no particular reason, just because it is fun, entertaining; for to relieve boredom.

for the hell of it »    For no particular reason, just because it is fun, entertaining; for to relieve boredom.

for the sake of it »    For no particular reason, just because it is fun, entertaining; for to relieve boredom.

forewarned is forearmed »    Advance awareness of a situation, especially a risky one, prepares one to deal with it.1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash, ch. 4:[W]hatever a young gentleman of that age says to you, he says to many other ladies; but your experience is not equal to your sense; so profit by mine . . . forewarned is forearmed.1885, G. A. Henty, Saint George for England, ch. 4:Sometimes, they say, it is wiser to remain in ignorance; at other times forewarned is forearmed.circa 1903, Lucy Maud Montgomery, "Why Mr. Cropper Changed His Mind":"Well, Miss Maxwell, I think it only fair to tell you that you may have trouble with those boys when they do come. Forewarned is forearmed, you know."

free rein »    The absence of constraints; freedom to make decisions.

french letter »    A condom.

fudge the issue »    Adopt a solution to a specific problem which does not address the larger, more general problem of which the specific problem is an instance.

gentleman of the back door »    A sodomite.

get a grip »    To relax; to calm down; to stop being angry; to come to one's senses or become more rational.

get along »    To survive; to do well enough.

get away with »    To do something which is prohibited, forbidden or generally not allowed, and not be punished for the action.

get away with murder »    To do something bad or illegal and not be punished.

get down to brass tacks »    Deal with the important details.

get down to business »    To become involved with something work-related.

get it over with »    To do or finish, especially said of something unpleasant.

get one's foot in the door »    To initiate contact or a relationship; to gain access, especially to an entry-level job.

get out of Dodge »    To leave; in particular to leave a difficult or dangerous environment with all possible haste.

get something over with »    To do something quickly and hastily; without procrastination, especially so as to have something unpleasant behind oneself.

gets down »    dismounts

give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime »    It is more worthwhile to teach someone to do something, than to do something for them.

give a sneck posset »    To fasten the door latch.

give a sneck posset »    To give someone a cold reception; to close the door on someone; to reject them.

give him enough rope and he'll hang himself »    If one gives someone enough freedom of action, they may destroy themselves by foolish actions.

go against the grain »    To defy convention; to do something in a manner that is unusual or out of the ordinary.

go belly-up »    To fail or fold; especially, to close or shut down a business; to go out of business.

go commando »    To not wear underpants.

go down »    To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.

go down »    To decrease; to change from a greater value to a lesser one.

go down »    Fall to the floor.

go down »    To stop functioning, to go offline.

go down »    To be received or accepted.

go down »    To perform oral sex.

go down »    To take place, happen.

go down that road »    To settle a way of doing something; do decide to do something in a particular way.

go down the pan »    To fail or degenerate rapidly.

go down the road »    A way of doing something; to do something in a particular way.

go down the toilet »    To fail.

go down the tubes »    To fail or degenerate rapidly.

go down the wrong way »    To swallow food or drink so that it goes down the wrong tube in one's throat and makes one cough or for a short period lose one's breath or choke.

go downhill »    To worsen or degenerate.

go for »    To do something, especially for leisure.

go for broke »    To try everything possible or do last thing possible in a final attempt.

go in the out door »    To engage in anal sex.

go it alone »    To do something alone or independently, especially something that is normally or better done in groups.

go native »    To adopt the lifestyle or outlook of local inhabitants, especially when dwelling in a colonial region; to become less refined under the influence of a less cultured, more primitive, or simpler social environment.

go off at score »    Of a horse, to break suddenly into a gallop; of a person, suddenly to say or do something impetuous.

go out the window »    To vanish or cease, especially due to lack of care, attention, etc.; to be discarded, disregarded, or ignored.

go round in circles »    To repeatedly do the same thing; without making any progress.

go the extra mile »    To make an extra effort; to do a particularly good job.

go the way of the dodo »    To go extinct or become obsolete; to fall out of common use or practice; to go out of the firsthand market; to become a thing of the past.

go the whole hog »    To do something as entirely or completely as possible; to reserve or hold back nothing.

go to sleep »    An expression used to dismiss an extremely foolish statement, or to dismiss somebody that one does not feel like talking to.

go to the dogs »    To decline or deteriorate.

god forbid »    Don't let it be.

going to the dogs »    In such a poor state that it should be left to the dogs.

golden opportunity »    Ideal moment to do something.

golf widow »    A woman who is deprived of her husband's time and attention due to his regular absence in order to play golf.

gone to the dogs »    To have fallen into disrepair or ruin; to have been stagnant or depreciated.

good for you »    well done

good job »    Well done; congratulations!.

good on you »    An exclamation of encouragement or congratulation; well done.

grab bag »    Any random assortment, selection or possibility.

grace period »    A length of time during which rules or penalties do not take effect or are withheld.

grasp at straws »    To guess randomly at or pursue any apparent option, as due to lack of options or information.

grass widow »    A divorcée..

grass widow »    A married woman whose husband is away.

grass widow »    A mother out of wedlock.

grass widower »    A divorcé..

grass widower »    A married man whose wife is away.

great dane »    dog

grow a pair »    To be brave; to show some courage, especially in a situation in which one has so far failed to do so.

gulp down »    To eat very quickly without chewing the food properly.

hair of the dog »    An alcoholic drink taken the morning after to cure a hangover or withdrawal symptoms.

halcyon days »    Period of calm during the winter, when storms do not occur.

hand down »    To transmit in succession, as from father to son, or from predecessor to successor.

hand down »    To forward to the proper officer .

hands down »    Without much effort; easily.

hands down »    Without question[2].

hang out »    To spend time doing nothing in particular.

hang out to dry »    To abandon someone who is in need or in danger.

hang out with »    To spend time with friends, doing nothing in particular.

hard done by »    Used, cheated, dejected.

haul somebody over the coals »    To express anger with someone in no uncertain terms when they do something wrong.

have a seat »    A polite directive to sit down.

have a seat »    To sit down; to take a seat.

have it made »    To have accomplished all there is to do; to have no further work or difficulty; to have achieved a lifestyle characterized by good fortune and comfort.

have it your way »    Do something the way you want to, but be prepared for the consequences.

have other fish to fry »    To have more important things to do.

have the run of »    To have permission or freedom to move around throughout an area or to use something at will.

have to do »    To relate; to be relevant.

have to do with »    See "have to do".

have to do with the price of tea in China »    To have any relation or bearing whatsoever on the topic at hand, usually used to emphasize the lack of relationship of a non sequitur.

head over heels »    Tumbling upside down.

hear, hear »    Let us hear and applaud the previous speaker; I endorse the previous statement; Expression of support, agreement, or enthusiasm for what has just been said.

here you are »    Said when you hand something over to someone or do a favour to them, usually to draw the recipient's attention to the exchange; Equivalent to “thank you” when receiving something..

hereinabove »    Above this, in this document.

hic Rhodus, hic salta »    (politics) Prove what you can do, here and now.

hit home »    To do something particularly great.

hoist by one's own petard »    To be hurt, or destroyed by one's own plot or device, of one's own doing which one intended for another; to be "blown up by one's own bomb".

hold down »    To restrain; to check.

hold down »    To continue, to hold and to manage well.

hold sway »    Dominate.

hold your fire »    Do not discharge your weapon. Used originally for weapons needing a spark or lighting of a fuse to ignite gunpowder, now sometimes used to mean any weapon launching a projectile.

hold your fire »    Wait, don't retaliate, calm down, be quiet.

home in on »    To focus or narrow down to something; to find or draw closer, as by trial and error or a gradual seeking process.

honorable mention »    An award or recognition given to something that does not make it to a higher standing but is worth mentioning in an honorable way.

horse around »    To play or fiddle; to clown; to do nothing of importance or consequence.

horse sense »    Common sense, especially with a connotation of folk wisdom independent from, and trumping, formal education.

hot dog »    sausage in a roll

how do I get to Carnegie Hall »    A set phrase, spoken as a rhetorical question, which is answered "Practice, practice, practice!" or sometimes with the humorous literal directions to Seventh Avenue between 56th and 57th.

how do you like them apples »    Directed jestingly or mockingly at someone who has received surprising information, ridiculing the situation.

how-d'ye-do »    A troublesome state of affairs.

howdy-do »    Same as how-d'ye-do.

hum and haw »    Procrastinate and take a long time before doing something or taking a decision.

hunker down »    To take shelter; to prepare oneself for some eventuality; to focus on a task.

hunker down »    To stubbornly hold to a position.

if it ain't broke, don't fix it »    Leave something alone; avoid correcting, fixing, or improving what is already sufficient, as it could end up being detrimental

if it's all the same »    If it makes no difference; if nobody minds; if it doesn't bother anyone.

if you lie with dogs you will get fleas »    It is important whom to choose as one's closest acquanitances.

if you want a thing done well, do it yourself »    It is better to do something oneself, than rely on others to do it well.

ignorance is bliss »    Lack of knowledge results in happinessSometime you are more comfortable if you dont know something.

ill fated »    doomed

in black and white »    Explicitly, in writing, clearly and without doubt or misunderstanding, without any grey areas.

in for a dime, in for a dollar »    Americanised form of in for a penny, in for a pound.1983, Allen Drury, Decision, p. 356:In for a dime, in for a dollar, he thought crazily, and said what he had to say in a voice he forced to stay level and calm.1998, Ellen Miller, Like Being Killed, p. 47:In for a dime, in for a dollar. I whispered to Gerry,

in spades »    Beyond doubt.

in the act »    In the process of doing something; used to emphasize the eye-witness evidence.

in the clear »    Not guilty or not suspected of wrongdoing.

in the dock »    Under scrutiny; subject to critical inspection.

in the doghouse »    In trouble; the subject of somebody's anger or disapproval.

in the doghouse »    Unmarried and unlikely to marry.

in the woods »    In critical condition; near death's door.

it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God »    The rich can afford more immoral behavior than the poor.

it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog »    (rare or obsolete, proverb) If a person is determined to punish someone, they will find a way to do so.1596

it pays to advertise »    Good qualities do not get rewarded automatically.

it's all Greek to me »    I don’t understand any of it; it makes no sense..

it's not the whistle that pulls the train »    Boasting and loud talk should not be mistaken for the work that produces real achievements; bravado is no proof of action.1956, James Reston, "Washington: It's Not the Whistle that Pulls the Train," New York Times, 1 July, p. E8:

jack in »    To stop doing a regular activity. Often a job or studies.

jack it in »    An imperative to stop doing something that the speaker finds annoying.

jew down »    To bargain or haggle with a seller in order to obtain a lower price for a good or service.

jump »    To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.

jump down »    To leave an elevated position to a lower position by one jump.

jumped-up »    We're doomed if this wee jumped-up monkey gets Gordon Smith's blessing.

just for fun »    For no particular reason, just because it is fun, entertaining; for to relieve boredom.

just what the doctor ordered »    Exactly what is necessary or useful in a given situation.

keep down »    To repress.

keep down »    To restrain or control.

keep down »    To cause not to increase or rise.

keep down »    Not to vomit.

keep down »    To lie low. To stay concealed by not standing up.

keep it down »    To be quiet.

keep mum »    Do not talk; especially keep silent about something that may be sensitive or secret.

keep one's eye on the ball »    My ethos has always been to be very straight with people, tell it as it is. It doesn't often make people happy but I found that over a period of time it's better to be that way. So being straight, also being very focused on your objectives, keep your eye on the ball and not get deflected away from it.

keep shtum »    Don't tell anyone; especially, keep silent about something that may be sensitive or secret.

keep the wolf from the door »    To delay sexual ejaculation.

keep the wolf from the door »    To ward off poverty or hunger.

keep up with the Joneses »    To do or buy things for status, show, or image rather than out of need, especially for the purpose of competing with friends or neighbors.

keep your shirt on »    An admonition to be more patient or to calm down.

kick down »    To break or demolish something by physical bodily force.

kick off »    To shut down or turn_off suddenly.

kick someone when they are down »    To make it worse for someone who is going through a difficult time.

kick the bucket »    Of a machine, to break down such that it cannot be repaired.

kick up the arse »    A severe reprimand, especially one to motivate someone into doing something.

knacker's yard »    That area of a slaughterhouse where carcasses unfit for human consumption are rendered down to produce useful materials such as glue.

knock around »    To do a relaxing activity.

knock down »    To hit or knock (something), intentionally or accidentally, so that it falls.

knock down »    To demolish.

knock down »    Sold with a blow from the gavel.

knock down »    To reduce the price of.

knock down »    To drink fast.

knock it off »    Stop doing something; desist.

knock up »    To put together, fabricate, or assemble, particularly if done hastily or temporarily. See also knock together.

knock up »    In the morning as by knocking at the door; rouse; call; summon; also, to go door-to-door on election day to persuade a candidate's supporters to go to the polling station and vote. See also knocker up.

knock up »    To exhaust; wear out; weary; beat; tire out; to fatigue until unable to do more.

knocking on heaven's door »    Dying, close to death.

knuckle down »    To get to work; to focus on a task.

knuckle under »    To yield or cooperate when pressured or forced to do so.

last of the big spenders »    Someone who doesn't spend much money.

last-ditch »    Final, as a last resort; done in desperation.

lay an egg »    To produce a failure or flop; to do something which is unsuccessful.

lay down »    To give up, surrender, or yield , usually by placing it on the ground.

lay down »    To specify, institute, enact, assert firmly, state authoritatively, establish or formulate .

lay down »    To stock, store for the future. See also lay by.

lay down »    To sacrifice, especially in the phrase "to lay down one's life.".

lay down »    To lie down; to place oneself in a reclined or horizontal position, on a bed or similar, for the purpose of resting.

lay down the law »    To authoritatively or dogmatically assert what is permitted or not permitted.

lay down the law »    To present the law that applies to a given case.

lay down the law »    To promulgate law.

lead down a garden path »    To mislead; to seduce.

lead someone down the garden path »    To deceive, hoodwink.

leaf through »    Rapidly reading short sections at random.

leave behind »    To abandon.

leave no stone unturned »    To do a task very carefully and thoroughly, not missing any step.

leave nothing to the imagination »    He stripped down to a pair of see-through briefs that left nothing to the imagination.

leave somebody high and dry »    To abandon somebody; to stop providing assistance at a crucial moment.

leave somebody holding the bag »    To abandon somebody, leaving the responsibility or blame.

leave somebody in the lurch »    To abandon somebody; especially, to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation.

legal duty »    I've done my legal duty.

let down »    To disappoint; to betray or fail somebody.

let down »    lower

let one's hair down »    To relax and enjoy oneself.

let sleeping dogs lie »    To leave things as they are; especially, to avoid restarting or rekindling an old argument; to leave disagreements in the past.

let somebody down »    To fail somebody; to disappoint or to fail to uphold a commitment.

let-down »    A disappointment or anticlimax.

level best »    The very best that one can do.

lex dubia non obligat »    (law) A doubtful law is not binding.

lie doggo »    keep quiet

like a million dollars »    Extremely good or well.

lion »    A Chinese foo dog.

live down »    To get used to something shameful.

lock up »    To close all doors and windows of a place securely.

log out »    To exit an account in a computer system so that it doesn't recognize you until you log in again.

lone gunman »    An individual person who acts on his or her own initiative, without partners, especially one who has sole responsibility for doing something questionable, confidential, or iniquitous.

long absent, soon forgotten »    Love fades away when people are distant and don't keep close physical contact.

look before you leap »    Don't jump into something too precipitously; be at least a bit foresightful or circumspect.

loose end »    A small job that needs to be done, or minor problem that needs to be resolved, before a task can be considered complete.

lord of the flies »    A ruler over a worthless kingdom; leader of a meaningless microcosm.

love nest »    A room, especially a bedroom or boudoir, used for sexual intercourse.

lucky dip »    A game in which prizes are covered up and mixed together in a container, so that contestants can dip their hand into the container and randomly pull out a prize.

lucky dip »    A selection solely at random.

lucky dip »    September 2005, BBC News - Dome sale 'was like a lucky dip'.

lump it »    To endure, accept, put up with a situation one does not like.

mad money »    A sum of money kept in reserve or to insulate oneself financially in the event of the sudden breakdown of a relationship in which one is economically dependent.

make a pig's ear of »    To do badly; to make a mess of.

make a point »    To take care in doing something of something; to pay attention or ensure that something is done.

make a splash »    To do something that attracts attention.

make do with »    To get along with whatever is available.

make it do or do without »    If you don't have a lot of money, extend the life of what you have.

make it snappy »    Do it quickly; be quick about it.

make over »    To transfer ownership, especially by means of a legal document.

man of few words »    A man who doesn't speak much, or speaks only for a short period of time.

man proposes, God disposes »    Things don't always work out as they were planned.

man up »    To "be a man about it"; to do the things a good man is traditionally expected to do, such as: taking responsibility for the consequences of one's actions; displaying bravery or toughness in the face of adversity; providing for one's family, etc.

march to the beat of a different drum »    To do things in one's own way regardless of societal norms and expectations.

mark down »    To reduce the price of.

mark down »    To write a memorandum about.

measure twice and cut once »    (literally, carpentry) One should double-check one's measurements for accuracy before cutting a piece of wood; otherwise it may be necessary to cut again, wasting time and material.1872, "Dressmaking," Hall's Journal of Health, vol. 19, no. 12, p. 280:Look at Carpenters! . . . In old times it was a proverb "Measure twice, and cut once."(figuratively, by extension) Plan and prepare in a careful, thorough manner before taking action.2008, Hilary Johnson, "Mergers rattle bank relations," Financial Week, 9 Nov. (retrieved 9 Nov. 2008):Mr. Paz noted that since the onset of the credit crisis, eBay, like other companies, hasn

mess up »    To make a mistake; to do something incorrectly; to perform poorly.

mess with »    To diss; to put down.

mete out »    To distribute something in portions; to apportion or dole out.

mighty oaks from little acorns grow »    Something great can come from a modest beginning.Don't give up on the project - mighty oaks from little acorns grow!

money doesn't grow on trees »    You must work in order to have money.

monkey business »    Do your homework and forget about all this monkey business.

move heaven and earth »    To do whatever is necessary, including extreme or unusual actions; to go to extremes.

move the goalposts »    To alter the agreed basis, scope, standards or target of a procedure or task during its course, especially to do so to someone's advantage.

muck about »    To do random unplanned work or spend time idly.

muck about »    To do somethings with a piece of equipment when you do not understand how it works.

muck out »    To clean the excrement and other rubbish from the area where an animal is kept, such as a horse stable or a dog kennel.

nail down »    To attach with nails.

nail down »    Firm or certain.

narrow down »    Make more specific.

ne'er do well »    useless

never change a running system »    Don't change something that is working

never look a gift horse in the mouth »    Alternative form of don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

never mind »    Do not be concerned.

never mind »    It is not important; do not fret.

never you mind »    Do not concern yourself with it; it is none of your business.

nightcap »    The second game of a doubleheader.

nine day wonder »    Something that generates interest for a limited time and is then abandoned.

no brainer »    Something that supposedly doesn’t take much intellectual thought. Whoever says that something is a no brainer is usually the one with no brains.

no glove, no love »    Without a condom, there will be no sex.

no holds barred »    Without restrictions on holds or what opponents may do.

no man is an island »    All people are connected to other people and dependent on other people.1623, John Donne,

no-show »    An absence; somebody who doesn't show up or a failure to show up.

noarch »    Short for "no architecture". It is a term used mainly in package management systems to mark packages which are architecture independent. Such packages usually contain graphics, documentation or similar data that can be used on any architecture.

nobody's perfect »    Used when someone's mistakes or flaws are acknowledged, to remind that everyone else makes mistakes and has flaws1995, New York Magazine Vol. 28, No. 5, 30 January 1995, The de-moralization of society (Book Review)Hypocrisy, particularly in sexual matters, is excused on the grounds that hey, nobody's perfect, and at least folks back then felt bad enough to lie.2000, Madonna, Nobody's PerfectI feel so sad. What I did wasn't right. I feel so bad and I must say to you: Sorry, but nobody's perfect. Nobody's perfect. What did you expect? I'm doing my best

not a sausage »    John: Do you know how I get to the town center from here?.

not be caught dead »    To refuse completely to do something.

odd one out »    A visual puzzle where the guesser has to choose which word/picture/symbol etc. does not fit with the others.

odd one out »    Something or someone in a group that is different or exceptional, that does not fit.

off one's dot »    Off one's rocker; bananas; mad.

off the chain »    Crazy and exciting; delirious and wild. By analogy to a frenetic dog when unleashed.

offer one's condolences »    To offer sympathy to someone.

old money »    The monetary system used in the United Kingdom before decimalisation and consisting of pounds, shillings, and pence.

on a whim »    Done without thinking seriously about the consequences.

on the dot »    Exactly; precisely, especially of a numerical quantity.

on the double »    Rapidly or immediately.

on the fly »    Spontaneously or extemporaneously; done as one goes, or during another activity.

on the nose »    Smelly, malodorous.

on the skids »    In decline; going downhill; in trouble.

on thin ice »    In a dangerous, hazardous, or delicate situation; at risk.

on top »    In a dominant position.

one can run but one can't hide »    There is nothing someone can do to evade something.You can run but you can't hide.

one can't hold two watermelons in one hand »    do not attempt to take on more than you can handle

one swallow does not a summer make »    One sighting or instance of an event does not necessarily indicate a trend.

one swallow does not make a summer »    A sign is not proof

one swallow doesn't make a summer »    One sighting or instance of an event does not necessarily indicate a trend.

one up »    To outdo, to do something slightly better than a competitor's prior effort.

one who hesitates is lost »    A person who spends too much time contemplating what to do may miss a valuable but fleeting opportunity.

one-up »    To outdo, to do something slightly better than a competitor's prior effort.

one-upmanship »    A succession of instances of outdoing a competitor.

one-upmanship »    The art or practice of successively outdoing a competitor.

only fools and horses work »    Philosophy of life that people who do not look for an easy way of earning a living are foolish.

ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny »    (biology, social sciences, art, philosophy) The physical, cultural, moral, or intellectual development of each individual passes through stages similar to the developmental stages of that individual's species, society, or civilization.1905, J. A. Harris, "The Importance of Investigations of Seedling Stages," Science, New Series, vol. 22, no. 554, p. 186:With reference to seedling stages the statement that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny must be made with great reserve.1961, M. E. Wolfgang, "Pioneers in Criminology: Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909)," The Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology, and Police Science, vol. 52, no. 4, p. 367:Haeckel maintained that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny, and this idea was incorporated by Lombroso into his parallelism between the criminal and the child.2002, B. S. Jackson, "Models in Legal History: The Case of Biblical Law," Journal of Law and Religion, vol. 18, no. 1, p. 11:For even if we accept that "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny," those responsible for the drafting of ancient legal documents were not children, and are hardly to be endowed with some form of infantile mentality.

out of house and home »    Helping Your Dog Adjust to a New Home, The Progressive Animal Welfare Society.

out of sight »    The notice was out of sight behind the door.

out of the mouths of babes »    The greatest wisdom comes from children, who are not afraid or weary of the world and its pressures.

out of work »    Unemployed, or having nothing to do.

out on one's ear »    Fired, dismissed or thrown out, especially for some wrongdoing or otherwise with disgrace.

out the door »    The exact image, a lookalike.

out the door »    Exact, correct.

out the window »    A missed opportunity.

out the window »    Made obsolete; altered drastically as a result of situational change.

paint oneself into a corner »    To create a predicament or problem for oneself; to do something that leaves one with no good alternatives or solutions.

paper »    A written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review before publication in a scientific journal or in the proceedings of a scientific or academic meeting .

paper »    A written document, generally shorter than a book , in particular one written for the Government.

pardon me »    Polite expression to get someone to repeat.

pardon me »    Sorry; said as an apology.

pardon my French »    Please excuse my swearing or bad language.

pare down »    To reduce by paring or a similar gradual process.

part and parcel »    An integral or essential piece; that which must be done or accepted as part of something else.

pass the hat »    To ask for money, especially from a group of people; to solicit donations or contributions.

peace and quiet »    Tranquility; freedom from stress or interruptions.

pearl of wisdom »    A succinct, insightful saying, piece of advice, or moral precept.

pelt of the dog »    An immoderate, excessive quantity of alcohol drunk the morning after whilst suffering withdrawal symptoms or a hangover, which goes beyond alleviating the complaint to causing drunkenness; cf. hair of the dog.

pencil pusher »    One who does routine office work; someone involved mainly in paperwork.

pencil whip »    To approve a document without actually knowing or reviewing what it is that is being approved.

penguin suit »    A tuxedo.

people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones »    Do not criticize others if you have weaknesses yourself.

pickle »    A children’s game with three participants that emulates a baseball rundown.

pickle »    A rundown.

piece of cake »    A job, task or other activity that is easy or simple to do.

pin down »    To attach or secure with pins.

pin down »    To corner somebody in order to get a firm answer.

pinch-hit »    To do something in the place of another person who is not able to perform or is less skilled; to substitute or stand in for somebody.

pipe down »    To be quiet; to refrain from being noisy.

piss and vinegar »    Exuberance or enthusiasm, especially to an excessive degree; bravado; youthful energy.

pitch in »    To help out; lend assistance; contribute; to do one's part.

play down »    To make or attempt to make something seem less important, likely, or obvious.

play it by ear »    To do something by guessing, intuition, or trial and error; to react to events as they occur.

play on words »    A pun, or similar humorous use of language such as a double entendre.

play the race card »    Donald A. Carson, Love in Hard Places p.94.

plays down »    minimises

possession is nine-tenths of the law »    One who has possession of a thing has some right to it; a popular statement of the doctrine of adverse possession.

potter about »    To potter, to be gently active doing various things in an almost aimless manner.

potter around »    To potter, to be gently active doing various things in an almost aimless manner.

potter's clay »    A nation or kingdom.

prima donna »    diva

proverbs run in pairs »    Every proverb seems to be contradicted by another proverb with an opposed message, such as "too many cooks spoil the broth" and "many hands make light work."1863, Sir Richard Burton, Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains, vol. 1, Tinsley (London), p. 309:Moreover, all the world over, proverbs run in pairs, and pull both ways: for the most part one neutralizes, by contradiction, the other.

pull one's own weight »    To do the work that one is obligated to.

pull one's socks up »    To start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts.

pull one's weight »    To do the work that one is obligated to.

pull someone down a peg »    To lower someone's high self-opinion.

pull teeth »    To do something that is especially difficult or effortful.

pull the other leg »    In imperative/precative form, used to imply that the speaker does not accept or believe what another has just said.

pull up stumps »    To cease doing something, at least for the day.

pure and simple »    Plain and unadorned.

push the boat out »    To do something, especially spend money, more extravagantly than usual, particularly for a celebration.

put back »    To drink fast; to knock down alcohol.

put down »    To set down, stop carrying, or place in a low location.

put down »    To insult, belittle, or demean.

put down »    To pay an initial amount of money on a large purchase.

put down »    To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.

put down »    To administer euthanasia to, as an animal too old or ill to cure.

put down »    To write something.

put down »    To replace the telephone receiver and terminate a call. To hang up.

put down »    To add a name to a list.

put down »    To make prices, or taxes, lower.

put down »    To place a baby somewhere to sleep.

put down »    To land an aircraft.

put down »    To drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle.

put down for »    To record that someone has offered to help, or contribute something.

put down roots »    To do things which show that one wishes to stay put.

put down roots »    To feel that one belong in a place.

put down to »    To state the cause of a situation.

put on »    To don clothing or equipment.

put on »    To record, to add to a record or document.

put on the dog »    To dress up; to put on airs; to make a show of wealth and/or importance; to be pretentious.

put one's back into »    To make a strenuous effort to do something.

put one's foot down »    To insist, demand, or refuse.

put one's foot down »    To make a car go faster, accelerate.

put somebody in his place »    To bring somebody down; to humble or insult.

put someone down as »    To assume someone has a particular character from very little information.

put the boot in »    To kick someone when they are down.

put the cat among the pigeons »    If you set the cat among the pigeons, you will cause a flutter in the dovecote.

put the hammer down »    To drive quickly; to step on the accelerator.

put up »    To cajole or dare to do something.

question mark »    Doubt or uncertainty.

quick-and-dirty »    Done or constructed in a hasty, approximate, temporarily adequate manner, but not exact, fully formed, or reliable for a long period of time.

quiet down »    To become quieter.

quiet down »    To reduce intensity of an activity.

quiet down »    To make someone or something become quieter.

quieten down »    To become quieter.

quieten down »    To reduce intensity of an activity.

quieten down »    To make someone or something become quieter.

rag doll »    soft toy

rain cats and dogs »    To rain very heavily.

rain check »    In social interactions, a polite way to turn down an invitation, with the implication one is simply postponing it and that another time would be acceptable.

rain dogs and cats »    To rain very heavily.

rained cats and dogs »    poured

rainy day »    A difficult period of need, when things do not go right.

rat run »    A small road that people venture down when they want to sneak off the motorway and take a short cut.

real men don't eat quiche »    (aphorism, humorous) The stereotypical man does not do things that are considered effeminate, as to do so would imply they are effeminate.

rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic »    To do something pointless or insignificant that will soon be overtaken by events, or that contributes nothing to the solution of a current problem.

red face test »    A hypothetical test of a person's embarrassment, that is either passed or failed. Saying one passes the red face test means one would not blush and thus would not be embarrassed by disclosing something to others or doing something, and saying one fails the red face test means a situation would cause them discernible embarrassment.

red-handed »    In the act of wrongdoing.

redolent »    Fragrant or aromatic; having a sweet scent.

redolent »    Having the smell of.

redolent »    Suggestive or reminiscent.

reinvent the wheel »    To redo work unnecessarily when it has already been done satisfactorily; to rethink an already working system, technique, etc. in a pointless attempt to improve it.

revenge is a dish best served cold »    An expression that emotional detachment is ideal when taking revenge, as one is righting the wrongs that have been done to the doer.

rock the house »    To jam at a concert, get down.

roll down the windows »    To flail one's arms in a circular motion when off-balance, as to mimic the act of rolling down a car window.

rolling stone »    A person who moves around a lot and never settles down.

round down »    To the greatest integer that is not greater than it, or to some other lower value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.

rumor campaign »    A method of persuasion in which damaging rumors or innuendo are deliberately spread concerning a person or other target, while the source of the rumors tries to avoid detection.

run about »    To be very busy doing many different things.

run around »    To be very busy doing many different things.

run around after »    To spend a lot of time doing things for another person or group of people. Often used when that person could reasonably do the things for themselves.

run around with »    To spend a lot of time with a person or group of people. Often used to talk about a person's group of friends that one does not like much.

run down »    To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.

run down »    To criticize someone or an organisation, often unfairly.

run down »    To find something or someone after searching for a long time.

run down »    To lose power slowly. Used for a machine, battery, or other powered device.

run down »    To read quickly a list or other short text.

run down »    To reduce the size or stock levels of a business, often with a view to closure.

said and done »    Agreed to and accomplished or finished.

scarf down »    To eat something quickly.

scratch the surface »    To barely begin; to see or do only a fraction of what is possible.

screw it »    "I don't care enough to continue"; whatever.

screw this »    "I don't care enough to continue"; "This is too stressful for me"; whatever.

sea dog »    old sailor

seat-of-the-pants »    Done by feel, guess, or trial and error rather than by careful planning, thought or technique.

sell down the river »    To betray, especially in a manner which causes serious difficulty for the one betrayed.

sell out »    To abandon one's supporters or principles to seek profit or other personal advantage.

set down »    Simple sum of parts set + down, to place, especially on the ground or a surface; to cease carrying.

set down »    To write.

set the Thames on fire »    To achieve something amazing; to do something which brings great public acclaim.

shit happens »    Bad things happen, and there is nothing we can do about it.

shoot down »    To shoot , so that the one shot goes down.

shoot down »    To the point of preclusion.

shoot off at the mouth »    Don't let [presidential press secretary Ron] Ziegler shoot off at the mouth without our knowledge.

shotgun »    A one-story dwelling with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a straight line. Mostly heard in the southern United States.

shotgun shack »    A house with no internal barrier between the front and back doors.

show somebody the door »    To dismiss or reject; to exclude someone who was formerly included.

show somebody the door »    To escort someone to the exit of the premises; to expel someone from a room, gathering, etc.

shut down »    To close, terminate, or end.

shut down »    To turn off or stop.

shy bairns get nowt »    If you're too shy, or don't ask, you will not get what you want.A' forgot te ask hor for me money back!Wye, shy bairns get nowt

sign on the dotted line »    To formalize an agreement.

silver spoon »    Wealth passed down or inherited.

simmer down »    To decrease in intensity of anger, agitation, or excitement.

since when »    Used to indicate doubt as to the veracity of a statement.

sit out »    To escape a hold while face-down by swinging one's legs around into the sitting position.

six of one, half a dozen of the other »    The two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent; it doesn't matter which one we choose.

skeleton crew »    The minimum number of personnel needed to operate and maintain an item at its most simple operating requirements, such as a ship or business, during an emergency or shut down, and at the same time, to keep vital functions operating.

slow down »    Decelerate.

slow up »    To slow, slow down, decelerate.

smash hit »    Something that is tremendously popular or successful.

smell test »    An assessment of a subject's ability to detect and distinguish odors.

sneck posset »    A cold reception, closing the door on a visitor.

so far so good »    Up to this point, all is OK.Well, you've packed your bags for the holiday, bought your tickets, reserved the hotel and put the dog in kennels. So far so good, now let's get to Minorca without any troubles.

soft sawder »    "If she goes to act ugly, I'll give her a dose of "soft sawder"; that will take the frown out of her frontispiece...!" —Thomas Haliburton, "The Trotting Horse" — first usage.

some people »    Expresses disgust at the actions of a person; a response to a person doing something silly, bizarre, nonsensical or ill-mannered.

sort oneself out »    To calm down emotionally.

sour grapes »    A putting down or expression of disdain about something that one desires but cannot have.

spaghetti western »    Nickname for a motion picture produced by an Italian-based company and filmed in Europe, depicting a tale of cowboys and desperadoes set in the American Old West.

spare the rod and spoil the child »    If one does not discipline a child, he or she will never learn obedience and good manners.

spin doctor »    news manager

staircase wit »    Thinking of an idea or course of action too late to use it effectively, or the tendency to do so.

stamp duty »    tax on documents

stand by »    To do nothing. To be inactive in a situation.

stand down »    To wait; to stop pursuing or fighting.

stand in for »    To replace; to act as a double or substitute for.

stand off »    To prevent any would-be attacker from coming close by adopting an offensive posture.

steer clear »    To avoid; to dodge; to sidestep.

step down »    To resign from office.

step down »    To gradually reduce something, a little at a time, as an electronic step down transformer.

stepped down »    resigned

stickhandle »    To maintain individual possession of the puck or ball by controlling it with movements of one's stick, especially to do so in a skillful manner.

straight from the shoulder »    Done in a direct manner; blunt.

straight out of the chute »    Something done immediately, or "from the beginning". Taken from rodeo routine: the bucking bronco, or bull, or the calf for the calf-roping contest is kept in a narrow pen, a chute, until it is released and dashes out to its fate.

straighten out »    To correct; to stop doing something wrong.

strap on a pair »    To be brave; to show some courage, especially in a situation where one has so far failed to do so.

stretch one's legs »    To walk about, especially after prolonged time sitting or lying down.

strip down »    To remove all of one's clothing.

strip down »    To remove inessentials from.

stroke of work »    With "do not do a", to do none of the assigned task at all.

stupid is as stupid does »    A person's intelligence may be judged by the wisdom of his or her actions.

suck donkey balls »    To be terrible, of extremely poor quality.

swallow one's pride »    To set aside one's feelings of pride and adopt a more humble or appropriate stance.

swing the lead »    To pretend to be unwell so that you do not have to work.

take a leaf out of someone's book »    To adopt an idea or practice of another person.

take a risk »    To do something risky.

take a seat »    To sit down; to become seated.

take a tumble »    To fall off something, or down something.

take away »    To prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something.

take down »    To remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed.

take down »    To remove something from a hanging position.

take down »    To write a note. Usually to record something that is said.

take down »    To remove a temporary structure such as scaffolding.

take down »    To lower an item of clothing without removing it.

take down a peg »    Alternative form of pull down a peg.

take in »    To foster or adopt a child informally.

take it easy »    Immediately calm yourself down; your state of panic does not help.

take kindly »    To accept or condone.

take lying down »    To endure without complaint or protest.

take one's time »    To take more time to do something than is considered acceptable.

take over »    To adopt a further responsibility or duty.

take sitting down »    To tolerate, accept, or acquiesce; to take no action.

take the shadow for the substance »    To be easily deceived, credulous, superficial.

talk down »    To negotiate a lower price.

talk down »    To speak condescendingly or as though the listener is inferior.

talk out of turn »    To make a remark or provide information when it is inappropriate or indiscreet to do so, or when one does not have permission or the authority to do so.

tape off »    To cordon.

tell it to Sweeney »    I do not believe what you said.

tell it to the marines »    I do not believe what you said.

that does it »    Expression of annoyance or frustration; indicates that one has reached the limit of one's patience or temper.

that which doesn't kill you makes you stronger »    Used to express the sentiment that hardship or difficult experiences build moral character.

that's that »    There is nothing more to say or to do concerning the matter.

the apple doesn't fall far from the tree »    A child grows up to be very similar to its parents in the way they act and in their physical abilities.

the ball is in your court »    It is your turn to do something; often making a decision.

the bigger they are, the harder they fall »    The larger something is, the more disastrous and spectacular its downfall

the dogs bark, but the caravan goes on »    Life goes on, even if some will try to stop or talk against progress.

the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get »    (vulgar) The sexual satisfactions that one receives from a spouse or romantic partner are not sufficient to compensate for the significant periods of bad faith and unpleasant treatment which such relationships routinely involve.1971, Allen Churchill, The Literary Decade, ISBN 9780135375228:Years later she expressed her disillusionment with sex by saying, "The fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."1999, Ben Sonnenberg, Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy, ISBN 9781582430454, p. 93:Maitland got drunk at his parties and threw his arm around you and pulled you over to his wife and made you look down her dress, saying, "The trouble with marriage is that the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."2008, Joseph Heywood, Blue Wolf In Green Fire, ISBN 9781599213590, p. 63:"I can't believe a little pussy got me into dis mess." "Shit happens," Service said. "Sometimes the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."

the man »    The man gets you down.

the more things change, the more they stay the same »    A proverb making the observation that turbulent changes do not affect reality on a deeper level other than to cement the status quo.

the whistle does not pull the train »    Alternative form of it's not the whistle that pulls the train.

the whistle doesn't pull the train »    Alternative form of it's not the whistle that pulls the train.

the whole nine yards »    All the way; with everything done completely or thoroughly.

the whole world and his dog »    Everybody; too many people; a huge crowd.

there ya go »    You have done it precisely correctly.

there you go »    You have done it, or are doing it, correctly.

there's no fool like an old fool »    Age does not bring wisdom.

there's no point crying over spilt milk »    You should not be upset over something that cannot be undone.

think one's shit doesn't stink »    To be arrogant or snobbish; to feel superior to others.

throw away »    To place a son or daughter for adoption.

throw caution to the wind »    Do something despite the risks.

throw cold water on »    To belittle or dismiss; to cast doubt upon; to debunk.

throw dirt enough, and some will stick »    If enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at [1] on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say

throw down »    To cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully.

throw down »    Admirably or forcefully.

throw down »    To fight, incite to fight, or approach with the intent to fight; to make a stand.

throw down »    To accomplish or produce something in a grand, respectable, or successful manner; to "represent".

throw down the gauntlet »    To issue a challenge.

throw enough mud at the wall and some of it will stick »    Try the same thing (or similar things) often enough, and, even if the general standard is poor, sometimes one will be successful.2005, Mike Busson (poster on UKScreen forum) Re: Voiceovers!, read at [1] on 02 Nov 06,In terms of places to send your URL or CD's, there's no easy answer. It really is a case of throw enough mud at the wall and some of it will stick.2005, "forwardone" (administrator posting on the HYIPForum), re: Alertpay phishing email, read at [2] on 02 Nov 06,I also think that sometimes they send out phishing e-mails in the hope that it`ll hit people who do have an account with a particular organization. You know, throw enough mud at the wall and some of it will stick theory.2006, Rob Manuel, How to be funny, read in Comedy Soup on the BBC website at [3] on 02 Nov 06,Throw enough mud at the wall and some of it will stick. Be prolific and don't be afraid to make stuff that's rubbish. If you keep trying eventually you'll get there.2006, Rex Pierce, Re: [303rd-Talk] D Day read on 303rd Bomb Group Talk Forum at [4] on 02 Nov 06,Believe the planners worked on the principle of "throw enough mud at the wall, and some of it will stick".If enough (perhaps false or reckless) accusations are made against someone, his reputation will suffer, whether or not this is deserved2006, "money" (poster on eTalk Money), Some thoughts about compact surfing, read at [5] on 02 Nov 06,Word of advice NVUS time to distance yourself from LuukH as quickly as possible and dish some dirt, otherwise well the saying goes - throw enough mud at the wall and some of it will stick.

throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick »    Try the same thing (or similar things) often enough, and, even if the general standard is poor, sometimes one will be successful.2001, And still no one is shouting stop. read in The Kingdom archives at [1] on 02 Nov 06,Many team managers are of the philosophy that if you throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick. They believe that team preparation is all about physical fitness. They run the players into the ground and they believe they will be "flying on the day".2001, Robert McCrum, Let them eat cake, in The Observer 16 Dec 01, read on Guardian Unlimited site at [2] on 02 Nov 06,Australian publishing boomed and in the past 10 years the country's literary culture has undergone a mini golden age, capped by Carey's triumph at the 2001 Booker Prize. As one Australian arts administrator said to me many years ago: 'Listen, mate, if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.'2001, Chris Collin, Re: 2-cp speys on The Strathspey Server mailing list archive at [3] on 02 Nov 06,I am finding that "if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick". It doesn't always work of course (especially on the nights when the class is mostly the beginners), but the class seems to thrive on the challange.2005, Ray Craft (poster on The right scale blog), Fitzhooie and his Burden, read at [4] on 02 Nov 06,Prosecutors everywhere have bad habits of overcharging lots of cases, knowing that if the throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick.2005, Sean Kelleher, Spike Milligan: His part in our downfall in Business 07 Aug 05, read at [5] on 02 Nov 06,As long as there is negligible regulation and enforcement anyone can actually try and do the job...Weak regulation allows the industry to build strategies on full time recruitment. The theory goes: throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.c2005, Everything You've Learned About Marketing Is Wrong, read on LINC Performance website at [6] on 02 Nov 06,They have the money to continue to believe in the repetition side of the equation. You throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick. But it still isn

throw shapes »    To act tough or put up a front. For example, to threaten a person by making "karate chops" at them, without actually doing harm or knowing karate.

throw to the dogs »    To give up on something valuable.

throw to the dogs »    To remove or cast out someone or something out of one's protection, such as into the streets.

throw to the dogs »    To throw away useless.

thumb a ride »    To secure a ride by flagging down a vehicle.

tickle the ivories »    I don't have as much time as I'd like, but I still enjoy tickling the ivories from time to time.

tipping it down »    Raining heavily.

tipsy turvy »    upside down

to be sure »    Admittedly, undoubtedly, certainly.

to do »    commotion

tomorrow is another day »    Tomorrow will bring new opportunities and a fresh start for one's endeavors.1600, author unknown, "Phillidaes Love-call to her Coridon, and his replying" (song), in England's Helicon, printed at London by I.R. for John Flasket:Phil. Yonder comes my Mother, Coridon,whether shall I flie?Cor. Under yonder Beech my lovely one,while she passeth by.Say to her thy true-Love was not heere,remember, remember,to morrow is another day:1896, Amelia E. Barr, A Knight of the Nets, ch. 8:"Well, well, my dear lass, to-night we cannot work, but we may sleep. . . . Keep a still heart tonight, and tomorrow is another day."1936, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, ch. 63:"Tomorrow, I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day."2005, Fran Schumer, "JERSEY: In Princeton, Taking On Harvard's Fuss About Women," New York Times, 19 June (retrieved 18 Aug. 2009):"Half of me is depressed

tone down »    To relax; to make quieter or less obtrusive; to make milder.

tone down »    To make a television program, piece of writing, etc. less offensive and so more suitable for a family audience.

top dog »    In a competition, the one expected to win.

top dollar »    The maximum amount of money that an item, service, or worker is worth; a very high price.

top oneself »    To outdo oneself or do more than one's previous best.

topsy turvy »    upside down

toss-up »    A decision in which neither choice is clearly favorable or unfavorable, or for which the outcome does not matter.

touch down »    To land an aircraft.

track down »    To hunt for or locate; to search for; to find.

trick of the trade »    A shortcut or other quick, or very effective way of doing things, that professional workers learn from experience.

true believer »    A strict follower of a religious doctrine.

tune in, turn on, drop out »    Pay attention to the new way of living; take drugs; abandon the established ways.

turn back »    To fold something back; to fold down.

turn down »    To refuse, decline, or deny.

turn down »    To reduce the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.

turn down »    To reposition by turning, flipping, etc. in a downward direction.

turn off »    To power down; to stop a device by switching it off.

turn one's back »    To forsake, to abandon; to ignore.

turn upside down »    To flip over; to rotate top to bottom.

turn upside down »    To thoroughly examine.

twiddle one's thumbs »    To circle one's thumbs around one another, usually with the fingers interlaced, usually done idly while waiting or bored.

two wrongs don't make a right »    (ethics) A wrongful action is not a morally appropriate way to correct or cancel a previous wrongful action.1915, William MacLeod Raine, The Highgrader, ch. 15:"But when it comes to taking what belongs to another

under one's belt »    Already done; within one's experience; practiced.

until hell freezes over »    Forever; One will never in their life get the results that they want, no matter what they're doing involving the situation.

up hill and down dale »    Here and there; everywhere.

up to »    Doing; involved in.

up to something »    Doing something mischievous or scheming.

ups and downs »    Periods of positive and negative events, moods, or interactions; highs and lows.

valley of the shadow of death »    Valleys on earth one must walk through, that is, part of the human experience.

vote down »    By a majority vote.

wade in »    To interrupt someone, or a situation, by doing or saying something abruptly, or forcefully, and usually without thinking about the consequences.

wade through »    To do a boring, repetitive research task.

walk and chew gum at the same time »    To do something very easy.

walk away from »    To abandon or leave; to shun.

walk out on »    To abandon or desert someone, especially a spouse.

walk the talk »    To do what one said one could do, or would do, not just making empty promises. To walk one's talk is to be innocent of hypocrisy.

walked out on »    To abandoned; to desert

walked out on »    To abandoned; to desert

walked out on »    To abandoned; to desert

warm down »    Gentle excercise at the end of a training session before cooling off.

wash down »    To help to swallow by drinking a liquid, after eating something, or taking a pill.

wash down »    To wash something completely from top to bottom.

water down »    To dilute; to add water.

water down »    To make weaker.

water down »    To simplify or oversimplify; to make easier; to make less difficult.

water under the bridge »    Something in the past that cannot be controlled or undone, but must be accepted, forgiven, or forgotten.

watered-down »    Diluted; containing extra water.

watered-down »    Weakened or simplified.

wear down »    To cause physical or mental fatigue.

wear down »    To have one's long hair styled in a free, low-hanging, unencumbered style; i.e., not in an up-do or ponytail.

weigh down »    To act as a ballast for.

weigh down »    To be too much for someone to cope with.

well begun is half done »    Much depends on the beginning of an endeavor.

well to do »    quite wealthy

whack-a-mole »    The practice of trying to stop something that persistently occurs in an apparently random manner at the point where the occurrence is noticed, such as terminating spammers' e-mail accounts or closing pop-up advertisement windows.

what do I know »    Implies that a statement is based on a guess or assumption rather than on knowledge or evidence.

what doesn't kill you makes you stronger »    Used to express the sentiment that hardship or difficult experiences build moral character.

what's up »    What are you doing?.

whatever creams your twinkie »    Do what you will, whatever makes you happy.

when all is said and done »    In the end; ultimately.

when he's at home »    In reality; in fact; when it comes down to it.

when in Rome, do as the Romans »    Alternative form of when in Rome, do as the Romans do.

when in Rome, do as the Romans do »    behave as those around do

when it's at home »    Plainly; in plain English; when it comes down to it; at it's most basic level.

when the chips are down »    When the pressure is on; when the situation is urgent or critical.

where the sun don't shine »    Up or in the anus.

whisper campaign »    A method of persuasion in which damaging rumors or innuendo are deliberately spread concerning a person or other target, while the source of the rumors tries to avoid detection.

whistle Dixie »    To engage in a pointless or unproductive activity; to do something without resolve, seriousness or commitment.

white lie »    A deliberate, untrue statement which does no harm or is intended to produce a favorable result.

will on »    To wish intensely that someone succeeds in what they are doing. Often implies a silent, or almost inaudible wish.

willy nilly »    Seemingly at random, haphazardly.

wind down »    Lower by winding something.

wind down »    To slow; to become calmer or less busy.

wind down »    Relax; get rid of stress.

window dressing »    A means of creating a deceptively favourable impression of something or someone; something for appearance only.

window dressing »    The decorative display of retail merchandise in store windows.

window dressing »    The goods and trimmings used in such display.

window dressing »    These latest modifications are mere window dressing, the same problems remain.

window-shopping »    The browsing of shop windows without any intention of buying.

wine tosser »    A person who buys wine, but does not drink it.

wisdom tooth »    third molar

with no further ado »    Without any other formalities; with no further delay.

without further ado »    With no further ado.

wolf down »    Quickly and without regard for table manners.

work against the clock »    To work very quickly because you know you only have a very limited period of time to do something.

work out »    To do exercises, especially physical.

wrap it before you tap it »    wear a condom before sexual intercourse.

write down »    Down in writing; to record something.

write down »    In a simple or condescending style.

write down »    To make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset.

write up »    To document the faults of.

year dot »    A very long time ago, from the beginning or as far back as one can remember.

yell silently »    To think very strong thoughts, that one wishes to yell out loud but does not.

you and whose army%3F »    You can't do all that on your own.

you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink »    You can show someone how to do something, but you can't make them do it.

you can't fight city hall »    (chiefly US) Nothing can be done to change the situation, because it is a governmental decision.I see they're going to build the airport after all. I suppose you can't fight city hall.

you can't teach an old dog new tricks »    It is impossible, or almost impossible, to change people's habits or traits or mindset.

you can't unring a bell »    Some things can't be undone.

you don't dip your pen in company ink »    One should avoid romantic relationships in the workplace.

you don't dip your pen in the company's ink »    Alternative form of you don't dip your pen in company ink.

you don't dip your pen in the inkwell »    Alternative form of you don't dip your pen in company ink.

you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows »    You don't need an expert to tell you what you already know.

you get more with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word alone »    It is advantageous not to rely solely on being nice.

you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours »    If you do me a favor then I will do you a favor; quid pro quo.

zero in on »    To successfully narrow down a search.

zoom down »    To move quickly along a particular route, list, etc.

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